Polling District No. 26b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)
Polling District No. 26b was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 986. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.805°N, 62.741°W.
Population
In 1891, Polling District No. 26b had a population of 986: 528 male and 458 female residents. Population density was 35.5 people per square mile.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Pope's Harbor, 1881 (46.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Polling District No. 26b shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 6.90 |
| FAM NO | 142 |
| Number of families | 142 |
| Number of females | 458 |
| Number of males | 528 |
| Number of married females | 137 |
| Number of married males | 137 |
| Number of married persons | 274 |
| Number of widowed females | 17 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 32 |
| POP F | 458 |
| POP M | 528 |
| POP TOT | 986 |
| Total population | 986 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 304 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 376 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 680 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 986 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 138 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 138 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 131 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 7 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 29 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 56 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 139 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (46 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 20 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 564 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 10,383 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 433 |
| Acres of hay crops | 360 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,017 |
| Acres of land in farms | 11,400 |
| Acres of potatoes | 12 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 9 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,683 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 336 |
| HAY AC | 360 |
| HAY TONS | 475 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 40 |
| Number of chickens | 1,493 |
| Number of ducks | 27 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 103 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 38 |
| Number of geese | 339 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 5 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 20 |
| Number of milk cows | 160 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 142 |
| Number of other cattle | 167 |
| Number of other fowl | 1 |
| Number of oxen | 48 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 41 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 13 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 65 |
| Number of sheep | 799 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 54 |
| Number of swine | 56 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 27 |
| Number of turkeys | 16 |
| OAT BU | 5 |
| POT AC | 12 |
| POT BU | 1,683 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 209 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,949 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 9,447 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 475 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 14 |
| A 11 50 | 41 |
| A 201 PL | 13 |
| A 51 100 | 9 |
| BEN BU | 9 |
| BUTTER LB | 9,447 |
| CATTLE KS | 40 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 304 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 376 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 680 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 209 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 5 |
| DUCKS | 27 |
| FAMILIES | 142 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.90 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,949 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 339 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,493 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 20 |
| HOUSES | 138 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 29 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 28 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 131 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 56 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 16 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 7 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 10 |
| HOUSES W | 138 |
| INF 11 A | 65 |
| MD FEM | 137 |
| MD MALE | 137 |
| MD TOT | 274 |
| MILK COWS | 160 |
| NAME CD | Halifax, County-Comté |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 38 |
| OC P | 103 |
| OC TOT | 142 |
| OTHER FOWL | 1 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 167 |
| OTHERS | 986 |
| SHEEP | 799 |
| SHEEP KS | 54 |
| SUP AM | 1,017 |
| SUP FOR | 10,383 |
| SUP JV | 20 |
| SUP PAT | 564 |
| SUP SC | 433 |
| SUP TOT | 11,400 |
| SWINE | 56 |
| SWINE KS | 27 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 139 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 336 |
| TURKEY | 16 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 17 |
| WID MALE | 15 |
| WID TOT | 32 |
| WORKING OX | 48 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NS034021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS034021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Polling District No. 26b, Nova Scotia (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/polling-district-no-26b-ns034021-1891/.